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L.,J0SSBL1N. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

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L. JossBLIN. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

Patented'f'eb. 18,1890.

W/ TNE SSE S 92%@04 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS JOSSELIN, OF NEVV'ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM R. IRBY,OF SAME PLACE.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 421,721, dated February18, 1890.

Application filed October 10, 1889. Serial No.326,556. (No model.)

To LEZ whom it may con/cern:

. Be it known that I, LOUIS JOSSELIN, of New Orleans, in the vlparish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and ImprovedOigarette-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedcigarette-machine which is simple and durable in construction and veryeifective in operation, quickly rolling and sealing the tobacco in thewrapper.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in whichr similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same on theline of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4c is a like view of the same in a differentposition.

The improved cigarette-machine A is provided with a suitable 4base B, onwhich are secured the parallel sides C and C', connected with each otheron top by a segmental plate D, provided on one end on the under sidewith a clamp E, in which is secured one end of a band F, passing overthe top of a segmental plate D, and then hanging downward on the otherend of the said plate to form a pocket F', in which the tobacco isplaced. (See Fig. 3.) The band F. then passes over the rollers G and G',mounted to turn in plates H and H, held on the outside of the sides Cand C', respectively, and secured on arms H2 and H3, respectively,fastened on a rockshaft I, mounted to turn in suitable bearings in thesides C and C'. On each of the plates H and H is secured anoutwardly-extending handle H4, which is taken hold of by the operator toswing said plates, with the rollers G and G', forward and backward overthe segmental plate D, which latter has its center in the axis of theshaft I. The other end of the band F is secured in a suitable clamp J,eX- tending transversely and held in suitable brackets J', secured tothe ends of the sides C and C'. The rearward movement of thel rockingarms H2 and H3 is limited by a stop l blade O', and provided with arearwardly-extending arm O4, having a slot O5, engaged by a pin K on thearm K, secured on the rockg l shaft I. lVhen the latter rocks forwardand backward, the pin K', operating on the arm O4, opens and closes themovable shear-.blade O2.

The pair of shears O serves to cut the rolled cigarette in two parts,and in order to guide the rolled cigarette to the said shears aguideplate P is provided, which extends from the. front end of thesegmental plate D downward, and is curved in such a manner that when theshearblade O2 is opened the cigarette rolls directly against thecutting-edge of the iixed shear-blade O', and is held in place byadjustable stop-plates Q, held on the guideplate P, and each providedwith an upwardlyturned lug Q', against which the cigarette rests. It isunderstood that the guide-plate P is' provided with a suitable `openingP',

through which the pair of shears projects, asV

is plainly shown in the drawings. v

The operation is as follows. When the machine is in the position shownin Figs. 1,12,

and 3, the operator places the wrapper R on the top of the band F overthe segmental plate D, as is plainly shown in the said iigures.. Thetobacco to be rolled in the said wrapper R is placed in the pocket F',extending between the plates H and H', as shown. The operator now takesholdof'the handles H'l and swings the plates H in the direction of thearrow a', so that the roller G moves forward under the band F, wherebythe pocket F' is rolled forward, thereby rolling the tobacco until thesaid pocket finally travels on top of the segmental plate D, and thetobacco, now equally distributed and rolled, rolls on the wrapper R,which is rolled up with the pocket and encircles the tobacco IOO in thepocket. As the outer end of the wrapper R is gummed, the gummed end willseal on the formed cigarette, and the sealed cigarette will finally rollover the front end of the band F and the plate D onto the guide P anddown the same onto the lugs Q of the adjustable stops Q. The movableshear-b1ade O2 during this time is opened rearward, so as to be ont ofthe way when the cigarette passes down the guide-plated?. lVhen theoperator now moves the handles H4 in the inverse direction ofthe arrowa', the arm K swings the arm OL upward, so that the movable shearbladeO2 moves outward towa-rd the ,fixed shear-blade O, whereby the cigaretteis cut in two parts of equal length.

The machine is of a width equal to the length of two cigarettes, so thatat each operation two cigarettes of ordinary length are formed. Themachine may be made of astill greater breadth, so that three, four, ormore cigarettes may be formed atone time, a corresponding number ofshears then being used and placed equal distances apart. Thus it will beseen that cigarettes can be very quickly rolled and cnt to the propersize.

Having th us fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with the segmental plate,the band, the rock-frame, and a roller mounted on said frame and overwhich said band passes, of a slotted guide-plate in front of thesegmental plate,stops at opposite sides of the slot, and shearsprojecting through the slot between the stops, the movable member of theshears having an arm projecting under the segmental. plate and operatedfrom the shaft of the rocking frame, substantially as set forth. p

2. In a cigarette-machine, the combination, with a segmental plate, of aband secured at its ends and passing over the said plate to form apocket at one end of the same, a roller over which passes the said band,a rock-frame carrying said roller and having its axis coinciding withthe center of the said segment-al plate, a guide-plate held at the frontend of the said segmental plate, a pair of shears projecting through thesaid guide-plate and having axed andamovable member, the latter having'an arm projecting rearwardly below the segmental plate, and a crank-armon the axis of the rock-frame cngaging the slotted end of saidknife-arm, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a cigarette machine, the combination, with a segmental plate, oi'a band secured at its ends and passing over the said. plate to form apocket at one end of the same,

a roller over which passes the said band, a

rock-'frame carrying said roller and having its axis coinciding with thecenter of the said v segmental plate, a guide-plate held atthe front endof the said segmental plate, a pair of shears projecting through thesaid guideplate and having a fixed and a movable member, means,substantially as described, for operating the said movable member fromthe shaft of the said rockframe, and adjustable stops held on the saidguide-plate, as set forth.

LOUIS JOSSELIN. XVitnesses:

MAURICE P. WOULFE, D. C. BUnonnrninn.`

